Replication materials for:

"Divergent paths of political distrust: A pooled cross-sectional analysis of the underlying causes of political passivity and populism in Japan"
Accepted for publication in the Japanese Journal of Political Science.

Author: Yin Yue
Date: 2026.2.22

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Data Source

The empirical analyses draw on multiple waves of the Japanese Election Study (JES).

The 2009–2019 survey waves are publicly available and can be downloaded from:
https://jesproject.wixsite.com/jesproject

The 2024 survey data were obtained directly from the JES research team prior to their public release. According to the project’s data policy, these data will be publicly available from April 2026 onward.

The dataset included in this archive is a processed analysis dataset containing only the variables necessary to reproduce the results reported in the manuscript. It does not include the full original survey microdata.

Researchers seeking access to the complete 2024 dataset should contact the JES project directly.

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Files Included

1. analysis_data.dta
   Processed pooled dataset used in the analysis.

2. replication.do
   Stata do-file to reproduce the main results reported in the article.

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Replication Instructions

To replicate the main results:

1. Open Stata.
2. Set the working directory to the folder containing the files.
3. Run replication.do.

All analyses reported in the manuscript can be reproduced using the included dataset and do-file.